John Lelliott OBE

Chairman of the Board Natural Capital Coalition

An independent director, John retired from The Crown Estate in September 2016 where he held the position of Finance Director. A Non-Executive Director of Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust, The Covent Garden Market Authority and Environment Agency.

Chairman of the ACCA Global Sustainability Forum, HRH The Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) Advisory Council and is an International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) ambassador. John was a Trustee and Vice Chair of Asthma UK until July 2016.

Mark Gough

Executive Director, Natural Capital Coalition

Mark Gough is the Executive Director of the Natural Capital Coalition, and led the collaboration that delivered the Natural Capital Protocol, a standardized global framework for including natural capital in decision making. Mark previously worked for The Crown Estate, helping to develop its integrated vision and approach to value measurement. Prior to this he was the Global Environmental Manager for the information company, Reed Elsevier. Mark is on the TEEB Advisory board and has sat on a number of national and international committees, including the Steering Committee of the United Nations CEO Water Mandate, the Board of the Alliance for Water Stewardship, and the Aldersgate Group, which brings together business, politics and civil society to drive action for a sustainable economy.

Robert Hodgkinson

Member of the board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)

Robert Hodgkinson

Member of the board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)

Robert Hodgkinson qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 after graduating in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and he joined ICAEW in October 2002 from public practice. He sits on the ICAEW board and has executive responsibility for ICAEW’s technical strategy department which includes its seven specialist faculties. He also leads ICAEW’s thought leadership and research programmes including Sustainable Business, Market Foundations and Information for Better Markets.

Since 2007 Robert has also been a member of the board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and from 2000 to 2004 represented the UK accountancy profession as a vice-president of the European Federation of Accountants (FEE) and as chairman of its Auditing Working Party. Prior to that, he chaired ICAEW’s Financial Reporting Committee.

Jennifer Morris

International President, Conservation International

Jennifer Morris provides strategic leadership for Conservation International and, as President, is responsible for delivery of the organization’s programs.With 20 years of experience in international conservation and economic development, Jennifer has created and implemented cutting‐edge initiatives working with diverse partners — from indigenous communities to multinational corporations — to achieve CI’s mission of protecting nature for the well‐being of humanity. This includes oversight and direction for the Global Conservation Fund, which has helped protect more than 80 million hectares (197 million acres) around the world, invested US$ 66 million and generated more than US$ 1 million in wages for local economies, and CI’s Verde Ventures program, whose business partners today employ nearly 60,000 local people in 14 countries and protection and restoration of more than half a million hectares (1.2 million acres) of important lands.

Prior to joining CI in 1997, Jennifer was a business development consultant with a micro‐finance institution and has lived and worked in Japan, Namibia and Bolivia. She serves on the boards of several organizations including the SEED Initiative, the Conservation Strategy Fund and the Natural Capital Coalition. She is a frequent presenter at international conferences, corporate events and universities on issues related to conservation finance, corporate engagement and social impact investing.

Jennifer has a masterʹs degree in international affairs with a focus on business development and micro‐finance from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a bachelorʹs degree in political science from Emory University. She currently lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and daughter.

Aron Cramer

President and CEO, BSR

Aron Cramer is recognized globally as a leading authority on corporate responsibility by business, NGOs, and the public sector. Under his leadership, BSR has doubled its staff and expanded its global presence, which includes offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Paris, São Paulo, New York, and San Francisco. He advises senior executives at BSR’s nearly 300 member companies and other global businesses and is regularly featured as a speaker at major events and in a range of top-tier media outlets. Aron is co-author of the book Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, about the sustainability strategies that drive business success.

He joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights Program and opened BSR’s Paris office in 2002, where he worked until assuming his current role as President and CEO in 2004. Previously he practiced law in San Francisco and worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York.

Liz Barber

Director of Finance and Regulation, Yorkshire Water

Appointed as Yorkshire Water Director of Finance and Regulation on 24 November 2010, Liz Barber joined the company from Ernst & Young where she held a number of senior roles, including leading the firm’s national water team and the assurance practice across the North of England.

She had been with Ernst & Young since 1987 and in that time worked with a number of water companies and the regulators in England, Wales and Scotland.

She was appointed as group finance and regulation director to the board of Kelda Holdings Limited in November 2010.

Jessica Fries

Executive Chairman, Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)

As Executive Chairman, Jessica has overall leadership responsibility for Accounting for Sustainability (A4S). She is responsible for establishing and running the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC).

Previously, Jessica has held a number of roles at PwC, most recently leading global activities around integrated reporting. She has worked with a wide range of companies, governments, investors and not-for-profit organisations to help them integrate sustainability into core business processes and activities. She has extensive experience developing capability frameworks and designing training courses on a range of topics.

Jessica is a chartered accountant, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Michael Meehan

Chair, Digitalis Foundation

Former CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative, chairman of Digitalis Foundation and TCR Innovations. Michael has been a Chief Executive, entrepreneur, and advisor in technology and sustainability for almost 20 years and has advised companies, multinationals and governments around the world, including the UN, CA state senate, and the White House on climate related issues.

Richard Fleck

Deputy Chair - International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)

Richard Fleck joined the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants in 2015.

Mr. Fleck is a consultant with the UK law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, having been a partner from 1980 until 2009. His practice embraced international corporate transactions, competition and regulation, and dispute resolution.

His external appointments include member of the UK Financial Reporting Council (2003-2015); chair of the UK Auditing Practices Board (2003-2012, having been a member of the board and its predecessor bodies since 1986); chair of the UK Financial Reporting Review Panel (2012-2015); chair of the IESBA Consultative Advisory Group (2006-2013); and non-executive director of the National Audit Office (2009-2012).

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